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into the deep blue night

Inuki

fragrant lychee blossoms	1
fill the stale air,	2
wafting over the field	3
of dried and deserted	4
chamomile.	5

at night we don	6
crumbling masks of superiority,	7
sliding ring-tipped shaman fingers	8
through scraggly hair,	9
weaving ink into air,	10
wrestling bamboo shoots,	11
like placid placebos.	12

unwrap your plastic hair	13
from the mass	14
of cellophane souls;	15
the crucifix is alight	16
with LEDs,	17
and in homage	18
to the cursed,	19
a thousand men	20
each cracks	21
a glowstick to life -	22
a tidal wave of tears	23
erupting on the ocean's surface	24
like beaded molten fireflies.	25

molting and mating intertwine,	26
a liquid viper	27
spills a second degree burn	28
across my shoulders;	29
gold leaf flutters	30
around my face.	31
i grow statuesque,	32
chiseled,	33
my toga trails into	34
the deep blue night.	35

goodbye cacophony,	36
Arthur Miller hangs himself	37
by his own intestines	38
in a pile of manure.	39
i sit and rot	40
in a storage shed,	41
though i am more human	42
than you can ever hope to be.	43

07/01/08

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